# Ocean Bottle — user reviews

> 13 indexed App Store user reviews of Ocean Bottle by The Ocean Bottle Ltd, rated 1.90/5 from 19 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ocean-bottle/id1615380131/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ocean-bottle/id1615380131.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 13

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Can’t register because I don’t have a sticker to scan

*2024-07-11*

The app won’t let me sign up because I don’t have an Ocean Bottle™️ or a sticker to scan. Really inaccessible for an app whose goal is supposedly to save the ocean.

### 1/5 — I can not register

*2024-03-31*

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### 1/5 — Would give it 0 stars if I could

*2023-11-06*

Cant even use the point of the app. I have to scan it, doesnt work. Instead of saying “Oh, Sorry!” Please do something about it.

### 1/5 — Does not register!!

*2023-07-15*

App doesn’t even scan the bottle and can’t create a log in

**Developer response:** Hi there, 

We are sorry that you are having trouble scanning and creating an account with us. Please email ahoy@oceanbottle.co and we are more than happy to get you onboard ASAP.

### 1/5 — Useless app

*2023-06-10*

Doesn’t work. Won’t recognize bottle. Not sure how they got any reviews with more than one star

**Developer response:** Hi there, we are sorry you are having trouble signing in and registering your bottle. We are here to help! Please contact ahoy@oceanbottle.co and we will make sure you get registered :)

### 1/5 — Horrible app

*2023-05-12*

the app doesnt even work! its such a fake! when you scan the bottle it says error fix it so people can ACTUALLY USE THE APP!

**Developer response:** Hi there, we are a very real app that contributes to ocean health.  Please reach out to our customer service team at ahoy@oceanbottle.co and we will do our best to help you get registered and using the app 💙

### 1/5 — Still doesn’t work

*2023-05-09*

Asks to scan bottle and nothing happens. Asks to register it can’t even do that. What a waste of space.

**Developer response:** Hi HunVen2, OB Product team here, we are really sorry that you had issues registering. Please reach out to our customer service team at ahoy@oceanbottle.co and we will do our best to help you get registered and using the app 💙

### 1/5 — Did not work at all!

*2023-03-05, version 1.8*

Cannot even finish registration. Is this for real?  It deserve zero star

**Developer response:** Hi Maiwah, OB Product team here, we are really sorry that you had issues registering. Please reach out to our customer service team at ahoy@oceanbottle.co and we will do our best to help you get registered and using the app 💙

### 2/5 — Slooow

*2024-02-24*

Didn’t have registration issues, that’s not the problem. The issue is that this app is slow as all get out. In fact, it didn’t register a fill because it timed out and I lost my 60 day streak 😭

If ever this gets fixed, I’ll adjust my rating accordingly.

### 3/5 — works but slow

*2024-03-23*

My bottle scanned and registered easily. I do think it would be helpful if there were instructions for scanning it for registration when you open the app in your phone. 

There aren’t really places around here for me to scan my bottle, so I just log mine. I started logging my home and work refills as multiples once a day, because it is painfully slow. Logging each time is frustrating.

## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — The app is fine, use NFC correctly, it’s tricky

*2024-05-15*

The majority of the complaints appear to be due to folks inability to scan the bottle correctly. That’s not the app’s fault, nor the bottle. Yubikeys have the exact same issue. NFC is not a great technology, it requires utmost precision. You have to get the bottom of the bottle near the top of your phone screen - keep slowly rotating and get it right if it’s not scanning on first few attempts. It took about 5 tries and errors, but I was able to scan - I believe mine worked when the NFC logo was facing up near my front camera / just below it, which is probably what the chip is under.

### 5/5 — Scanning Bottle

*2023-12-10*

To all those having trouble: mine didn’t take right away, I had to move my phone around. Don’t put it like the picture on the box, and aim for the NFC logo.

### 5/5 — ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

*2023-07-15*

Really easy registration process and app works as designed

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